about quote in command

[Charles Curley]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 08:11:51PM +0100, Sjoerd Mullender wrote:
> On 2007-12-06 18:59, adrian kok wrote:
> > Hi all

> $(tail -n 1 $(date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H").txt)

This is the preferred syntax, because:

* The nesting problem others have noted.

* The `` syntax is deprecated and may eventually go away. It is
  retained mainly for backward compatibility.

* $() will tickle parentheses matching tools in some editors such as
  emacs, making the code easier to read.

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